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New big cheese at Linux Journal, IBM on Open source, Apache Muse released and Nessie lives

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My old chum has moved over to Linux Journal, this is great news. Kevin and I worked together at LinuxWorld and I found him to be a great source of inspiration. I look forward to reading his output from Linux Journal and wish him the best of luck.

ComputerWorld has a good interview with Steve Mills at IBM. He talks about open source licenses and patent reform. A lot of sense is made in this interview, and one gets a rather pragmatic feeling from IBM. For example, he's not a big believer in being able to trim the number of licenses in the open source world; not because it would be too hard, because there is no point.

TheServerSide is reporting that Apache has released Muse1.0. Muse is an implementation of the Management Using Web Services (MUWS) specification, which basically is an alternative to SNMP for managing IT infrastructure.

Finally, the BBC is running a story about a Channel5 TV series that commission the maker of "Jabba the Hut" to create a full size Nessie monster and have it swim in Loch Ness as they filmed the reaction of passers by. This is genius programming and one wonders why anyone hasn't done this before. Naturally, since everyone in Scotland knows the truth, one can only wonder what Nessie actually thought of her mechanical counterpart.

Meet the New Editor in Chief of Linux Journal

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It's hard to describe how excited I am to be coming on board here as Editor in Chief of Linux Journal. Some of you may know me from the time I spent as Editor in Chief of LinuxWorld Magazine. I was founding editor there and put a lot of effort into building up that publication.

Apache Muse 1.0, management using web services, released

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Apache Muse, a Java implementation of the Management Using Web Services (MUWS) 1.0 specifications, has been released. Muse 1.0 utilizes Apache WSRF as its WS-ResourceFramework (WSRF) implementation and Apache Pubscribe as its WS-Notification (WSN) implementation. Muse allows you to start from a MUWS-compliant WSDL file and generate a MUWS Web service which can be hosted inside of Axis or other SOAP engines.

IBM exec says curbing open-source license glut is ‘wishful thinking’

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Steve Mills, senior vice president and group executive for IBM's software division, discussed open-source licensing issues and patent reform during an interview with Computerworld here at the LinuxWorld Conference.

Nessie swims in Loch for TV show

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Sightseers were duped into believing they had seen the Loch Ness Monster as part of a TV experiment.

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